- Date
- November 12, 1964
- Place
- St Louis, MO · ST LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5194YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181051
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3475 64/11/12 ST LOUIS MO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 360 TIME - 1232 N5194Y PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT-DOOR CAME OPEN AT LIFTOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5194Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lambert
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